Coin delivery chute



June 20, 1939. E. J, BRANDT com DELIVERY CHUTE Filed Dec. 24, 1936 2Sheets-Sheet 1 June 20, 1939. E. J. BRANDT CDIN DELIVERY CHUTE FiledDec. 24, 1936 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 as Ma-W Patented June 20, 1939 UNITEDSTATES PATENT OFFICE COIN DELIVERY CHUTE Application December 24, 1936,Serial No. 117,643

2 Claims.

My invention relates to new and useful improvements in coin deliverymachines and more particularly to a spout or runway adapted to receivethe coins delivered or ejected from the machine, said spout or runwayhaving a cup connected to its lower or outer end into which the coinsare finally discharged and adapted for removal by the person entitled toreceive the same.

The principal object of the invention resides in the provision of aspout or runway, and its associated cup, which is adapted to beconnected to the machine in such a manner that it may be horizontallyadjusted to discharge or deliver the coins in difierent directionsrelative to the machine, means being provided for holding the spout orrunway and its associated cup in such adjusted positions.

A further object of the invention consists in the provision of novelmeans for connecting the spout or runway to the machine, said connectingmeans including flexible portions permitting the spout or runway to beswung horizontally into different positions but tending to return thesame to its normal position, said flexible portions forming acontinuation or part of the runway or spout with the end portionsextending through an opening formed in the machine.

Another object of the invention resides in the provision of novel meanswhereby the spout or runway, and its associated cup portion, may bereadily attached to or detached from the machine as a unit, it beingunderstood that said spout or runway may be attached to different sidesof the machine so as to direct the delivered or ejected coins innumerous directions with respect to the machine.

With the above and other objects in view, which will appear as thedescription proceeds, my invention consists in the novel details ofconstruction, and arrangement of parts, described in the followingspecification and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and while Ihave illustrated and described the preferred embodiments of theinvention, as they now appear to me, it will be understood that suchchanges may be made as will fall within the scope of the appendedclaims.

In the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a top plan.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation.

Fig. 3 is a fragmental detail, partly in section, showing the manner-inwhich the flexible strips, forming a part of the connecting meansbetween the spout or runway and machine, are positioned relative to themachine.

Fig. 4 is a fragmental longitudinal section on the line 44 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 5 is a vertical section on the line 55 of Fig. 4 looking in thedirection of the arrows; and

Fig. 6 is a detail showing a face view of a plate used in detachablyconnecting the spout or runway to the machine.

Coin delivery machines of the change making type are extensively used inbanks, theatres, restaurants and numerous other places and normallysupported on a counter or similar object. When change is to be made theattendant operates the machine to deliver coins into a spout or runwaywhich in turn discharges them into a cup for removal by the customer. Itis, of course, desirable to deliver the coins into the cup in aconvenient position for removal by the customer and for this reason Ihave provided my novel form of spout which is adapted for horizontalswinging movement or adjustment into various directions relative to themachine or so adjusted that the cup, into which the coins are dischargedor delivered, may be in a convenient position for removal by thecustomer. While in the drawings, forming a part of this application, Ihave only illustrated the spout and associated cup as connected to oneside of the machine it will be understood that it is adapted forconnection to opposite sides of the machine. Very often the machine isused in positions where the cup is to be projected through an opening orwindow and with the construction which I have illustrated the spout orrunway may be so swung as to adapt the cup to be so positioned. In thepresent invention the spout or runway, as shown, is relatively narrow inwidth and the coins are delivered therein on edge and roll down into thecup. The connected portions of the spout or runway and cup are formedand adapted, as shown more particularly in Fig. 1 of the drawings, todirect the coins towards-a side of the cup thus preventing the coinsfrom jumping over the edge of the cup.

In the drawings l indicates a portion of a coin delivery machine, orwhat might be termed a change making machine, having an opening 2 formedin its side. The end of an inclined chute 3, forming a part of themachine, is adapted to extend through this opening 2, as shown moreparticularly in Figs. 3 and 4 of the drawings, it

being understood that the'coins delivered by suitings. Itwill beunderstood that an opening 2 is m formed in each side of the machine andthat the bottom portion 4 of the chute may be adjusted to deliver thecoins to opposite sides of the ma chine, but as this particularconstruction forms no part of the present invention a detailedillustration thereof has not been made. The opening 2 not in use may becovered by a readily detachable plate while a plate 6, having an opening1, registering with the opening 2, is secured to that side of themachine from which the coins are to be delivered by means of the screws8 or other suitable fastenings and acts as a bearing plate for theconnection between the spout and machine to be later described.

My improved spout or runway, and associated cup, is formed as a unitarystructure and is adapted for connection to the machine as a unit. Thespout or runway includes the inclined bottom 9 with upwardly extendingside plates i secured to the side edges thereof by means of the screws Hor other suitable fastenings. The lower or outer ends of the bottom andside plates 9 and I8 respectively are curved as shown more particularlyat l2 and adapted to be received in the neck portion l3 of the cup l4,said neck portion being formed, as shown more particularly in Fig. l ofthe drawings, off-center and in such a position as to direct the coinsdelivered from the spout or runway towards the side of the cup, thecoins rolling around the edge portion or flange of the cup without anypossibility of jumping out of the cup. The end l2, of the spout orrunway, is secured in the neck portion l3 oi the cup by means of thescrews 15 or other suitable fastenings. The upper or inner end of thebottom 9 is formed with the head portion or casting Hi to the bottomsurface of which is secured a serrated plate I! and also carried by thisenlarged casting or head portion I6 is a pin l8, the lower end of whichis threaded as shown at l9 to receive the wing nut 20. Secured to theupper end of the side plates Ill of the spout or runway, by the rivets2| or other suitable fastenings, are the flexible strips or plates 22 ofthe shape shown more particularly in Fig. 4 of the drawings, to providethe horizontal extensions 23 which are adapted for insertion through theopening 2. At 24 I have illustrated a plate having an opening 25 whichis adapted to register with the opening 2 in the side of the machine aswell as the opening '1 in the plate 6. An outwardly directed flange 26is formed at each side of the opening 25, as shown more particularly inFigs. 3 and 6 of the drawings. At the upper edge this plate 24 isprovided with the opening 21, of the shape shown, and formed in thebottom edge of the plate are the notches 28. Secured to the outer faceof the plate 24, by means of the screws 29 or other suitable fastenings,is a bracket or projecting bearing 39 which has secured to its uppersurface a serrated plate 3|, the teeth of this plate 3| interlockingwith the teeth of the plate 11, for a purpose which will be laterbrought out. The pin l8, carried by the bottom of the spout or runway,extends through this bracket or bearing portion 30, and it will be seenthat when the wing nut 29 is adjusted the spout or runway will beconnected to the bracket and the bracket and plate 24 become a unitarypart of the spout or runway. A cover or hood 32 is provided for ing 21in the plate 24. This hood or cover is socured to the plate 24, by meansof the screws 36 or other suitable fastenings. It will thus be seen thatthis hood or cover also becomes a unitary part of the spout andassociated cup. At 31 I have shown a lock washer positioned between thebottom surface of the bracket or projection 30 and the wing nut 20.

From the above detailed description it is thought that the constructionof my improved form of spout or runway and cup will be clearlyunderstood. The device as a unit is connected to the machine by means ofthe headed screws 38 and 39, engaged in openings formed in the plate 6and end of the machine, as shown more particularly in, Fig. 4 of thedrawings, the screw 38 extending into and through the opening 35 in thehood or cover 32 and the opening 21 in the plate 24, the head of thescrew, engaging the outer face of the extension 34 of the hood or cover,as shown. The screws 39 are received in the notches 28 of the plate 24with the heads of the screws engaging the outer face of the plate. Whenthe screws 38 and 39 are loosened the plate 24 may be raised relative tothe end of the machine to remove the screws 39 from the slots 28 andallow the head of the screws 38 to be withdrawn through the enlargedparts or portions of the openings 35 and 21. In connecting the spout orrunway to the machine the horizontally extending portions 23, of theflexible strips 22, extend through the opening 25 formed in the plate24, the opening 1 formed in the plate 6, and the opening 2 formed in theend of the machine, and are positioned between the outer faces of theside plates of the chute 3 and the edges of the opening 2. Theseflexible strips or plates 22 also bear against the flanges 26 of theplate 24 which flanges form a bearing for the outer faces of the stripsto facilitate adjusting of the spout or runway as will be understood.When it is desired to adjust the spout or runway and associated cupportion, the wing nut 20 will be released or loosened and this permitsthe disengagement of the teeth of the serrated plates i1 and 3| so thatthe spout may be swung horizontally into diflerent adjusted positions. When adjusted the wing nut 20 will be tightened to hold the same in theadjusted positions. It will be readily appreciated that as the spout orrunway is swung the plates 22 will flex, as shown more particularly inFig. 3 of the drawings, and then when the wing nut 20 is again loosenedsaid flexed plates 22 will have a tendency to return the spout or runwayto its normal position, shown in full lines in Fig. 1 of the drawings.In reality these flexible plates 22 form a continuation of the spout orrunway and, as shown more particularly in Fig. 4 of the drawings, theextended lower end of the chute 3 will be in close position relative tothe end of the bottom plate 9 of the spout or runway so that there willbe no obstructions to the coins passing from the chute 3 into the spoutor runway. As has been previously stated both the chute 3 and the spoutor runway are relatively narrow so that the coins roll thereover ortherethrough on edge and are delivered into the cup l4 on edge. It will,of course, be understood that after rolling into the cup the coins willfall into flat position and by having the conclaim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is:

l. A coin delivery machine of the character described including a coinchute positioned interiorly of the machine with an end portion adjacentan opening in the end of the machine, said chute including side wallsleading inwardly from the opening, a bracket positioned exteriorly' ofthe end of the machine, a spout pivotally connected to the bracket inposition to receive coins from the chute, and readily flexible stripsconnected to the spout and projecting from the end thereof with theprojecting end portions extending through the opening in the end of themachine, said projecting end portions being positioned between the edgesof the opening and the outer faces of the side walls of the chutewhereby they are held against flexing but permitting flexing of thestrips intermediate the end of the spout and the end of the machine.

2. A coin delivery machine of the character described including a coinchute positioned interiorly of the machine with an end portion adjacentan opening in the end of the machine, said chute including side wallsleading inwardly from the opening, a spout pivotally mounted on the endof the machine in position to receive coins from the chute, and readilyflexible strips connected to the spout and projecting from the endthereof with the projecting end portions extending through the openingin the end of the machine, said projecting end portions being positionedbetween the edges of the opening and the outer faces of the side wallsof the chute Whereby they are held against flexing but permittingflexing of the strips intermediate the end of the spout and the end ofthe machine.

EDWARD J. BRANDT.

